cochran



Nov.- 2 Q1926.

l. w. COCHBAN Filed Dec. 5, 1925 H E n.

[.W. Cqchran Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

ATENT FFICE.

ISAAC W. GOCHR-AN, OF FREMONT, OI-IIO.

TOOL.

Application filed December 5, 1925.

This invention relates to tools and more particularly to scrapers.

The primary object of this invention resides in the provision of a tool adapted to be utilized for a multiplicity of purposes where keen-edged tools are necessary for scraping or trimming.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of a tool having a blade so as- .sociated with a handle that the same can be replaced without damaging the handle.

A further object of this invention resides in the provision of a tool having a handle of particular construction whereby a keenedged blade can be rigidly secured thereto without the use of auxiliary fastening elements.

A still further object of this invention resids in the provision of a tool having a handle provided with a blade retaining head adapted to engage a blade so as to obviate sidewise displacement thereof.

One of the important objects of this invention resides in the introduction of a tool having a handle, constructed of cheap material. with which discarded safety razor blades or other types of blades can be advantageously associated to successfully perform the functions of a variety of tools having keen edges.

With these and other objects in view, this invent-ion resides in certain novel features of construction and association of elements to be hereinafter set forth in the specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawing. and pointed out in the appended claims and, while the disclosure depicts my present conception of the invention, the right is reserved to resort to such changes in construction as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a tool as constructed in accordance with this invention;

Serial No. 73,309.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view thereof.

In the present embodiment of this invention, the numeral. 5 designate-s a handle,

preferably formed from a stout piece of wire, having one end bent to form an eye 6 and the opposite end bent to form a substantially open triangular head 7, having its base 8 and sides 9 provided with a slot 10 for the reception of a blade 11.

ith a handle provided with a head having slotted sides and a base disposed in triangular relation, the blade will be readily retained in rigid relation therewith, the same bein so disposed as to bear against the base of the slot at points adjacent its sides. This association of the blade with the head of the handle establishes rigid grip of the head on opposite sides of the blade over an area sufficiently remote from its inner edge to reduce its flexibility and provides an opening A between the inner edge of the blade and apex of the open triangle, thus formed, through which a tapering tool can be forced to dislodge the blade from the slot.

lVith this invention fully described. it is manifest that a tool of appreciable utility is I produced and, through the elimination of auxiliary fastening elements for the blade, the tool can be manufactured and marketed cheaply.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

The combination of a handle formed from a piece of wire and having a looped-shaped triangular head slit inwardly from its base portion and a blade seated in the slit of the head with the major portion thereof occupying approximately the entire area of the loop of the head.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ISAAC w. COOHRAN. 

